TreasuryCast

As regulations evolve and business models become more complex, treasury teams are under increasing pressure to deliver predictability, control and resilience. Drawing on perspectives from India and China, Sanchay Agrawal and Guo Lin (Bank of America) explore how treasury priorities are shifting across Asia's largest markets, and identify what treasury leaders can learn from these changes.

In the follow up to our podcast covering Swinkels working capital transformation, Eleanor takes a deeper dive into the project, recruiting Group Treasurer Mathieu Ummelen to explain what seamlessly balancing liquidity, resilience, and supplier relationships looks like in practice. Joined by BNP Paribas' Anastasia Batyshkina, Mel Yucel and Nagan Nguyễn-Hansen, the conversation explores why working capital is no longer just about unlocking trapped cash, but fortifying resilience. Our guests discuss the ways in which treasury teams are responding to an increasingly uncertain operating environment, rethinking traditional trade finance, and using more accurate visibility to make smarter liquidity decisions.

AI is transforming the treasurer's role, enabling leaders to drive greater efficiency, accuracy, and strategic decision-making. Ankeet Dedhia (Microsoft), James Mitchell (FIS), and Carlos Conde (Elire) explore how AI is being adopted across key functions, cash management, fraud detection, and operational efficiency. Attendees will gain insights into real-world use cases, strategies for overcoming adoption challenges, and predictions for the future of AI in treasury. Whether you're just beginning your AI journey or looking to scale its impact, this podcast provides actionable takeaways to help treasurers and their teams unlock the full potential of AI.

As part of a strategy to provide a customer-first delivery model, Andreea Parneci, Societe Generale's Deputy Head of Global Transaction and Payment Services, believes the bank and its corporate clients should never stop learning from each other. Here, she explains what this involves in practice.

The corporate world has never before had access to so much rich data and fast connectivity. But will this exciting new terrain really change how treasury operates? A recent TMI podcast recorded at Treasury 360 in Gothenburg, Sweden, uncovers the reality of real-time. Lena Myklebust, Head of Cash Management Infrastructure, Equinor, and Christof Hofmann, Global Head of Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, are your guides.

In addition to welcoming a record 1,346 attendees, offering its largest exhibition to date, and calling upon some well-respected speakers, the annual Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) conference, held this year in Liverpool, showcased a broadening of the Association's programmes. With new ideas around study, membership models, and accessibility, it's all about building on treasury's appeal, says Janet Legge, Deputy Chief Executive, Director of Education & Membership.